Combination hammock and canopy support.



N0. 784,769. I PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

W. VINCENT.

COMBINATION HAMMOGK AND CANOPY SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 2, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBlNATIO N HAMMOCK AND CANOPY SUPPORT;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,769, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed May 2, 1904. Serial No. 205,917.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatLWILLIAn VINCENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combination Hammock and Ganopy Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in supporting means for hammocks, canopies, tent-coverings, and the like. Its object is to provide a light, collapsible, and adjustable support of this character which can be set up quickly and made into a rigid structure or be knocked down and folded into asmall compass convenient for carrying and shipment.

It consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one support. Fig. 2 is a rear view of a frame of one support, showing hinging of legs to clamp member. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the support with hammock in position.

A B C represent three legs of suitable length,

strength, and design, each separately hinged to a sleeve-casting or clamp member 2, the legs B C being hinged to stand in the same vertical plane and on opposite sides of the clamp and leg A hinged intermediate to legs B C, the three adapted when folded to lie substantially contiguous and parallel to one another.

Pivoted about centrally of leg A, so as not to project beyond the ends thereof when folded, are two brace-rods 3, having each a hook portion to engage an eye 4: on arespective leg B C. The latter are adjustably connected by two pivoted slotted brace-bars 5 and a suitable clamping means, here shown as consisting of the thumb-screw 6, or equivalent device having the clamp-nut 7.

With the legs B O spread out to any desired width, the bars 5 alined and locked, and the brace-rods 3 engaged with the eyes 4 a rigid tripod results, which forms an end support for a, hammock. A similar support is used at the other end of the hammock, and the two supports are connected by a jointed bar or ridge-pole 8, having its ends arranged to he slipped through the sleeves 2 and clamped therein by screws 9 at any point in its length dependent on the length of the hammock.

If the structure is to be set up permanently, screws may be passed through perforations in the projections 10 on the sleeves and screwed into the under side of the ridge-pole.

The ridge-pole is jointed in the middle, and its extended length ordinarily would not exceed twice the length of the legsAB C, so as to be folded flat and to lie within the compass of the legs. As here shown, the two parts of the pole are hinged on their under side, as at 11, and two plates 12 are secured to opposite sides of one part and project beyond the hinged end thereof to embrace the other part when straightened out. In this straightened position the ends of the guide-plates 12 and inclosed pole portion are perforated coincidently to receive a pin or bolt 13, by which the two portions are braced and fortified suf- Iiciently to withstand all necessary strain. Very little weight, in fact, will be carried by the pole further than that of the mosquitobar, which may be stretched over it when a canopy and protection against insects are needed or a canvas sheet where the apparatus is to be used as a tent-frame. The principal strain on the ridge-pole comes from the ends in bracing the tripods against each other.

The ends of the hammock are hung in any suitable fashion from the end supports. As here showngit is hung from hooks 14E, integral with the clamp-nuts 7, and the strain on the slotted connections 5 is relieved by means of a link 15, pivoted to leg A and adapted to hook into an eye 16, also shown as integral with nut 7. 7

As all the legs and the parts of the ridgepole are approximately of the same length and the rods 3 and connections 5 are adapted to fold up and not project beyond the ends of the legs, the entire apparatus may be folded compactly within the space occupied by the eight principal parts laid side by side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An end support for hammocks comprising a plurality of legs hinged together at one end and arranged when folded to lie contiguous to and parallel with each other, hinged, pivotally-connected adjustable braces carried by opposed legs and projecting in overlapping planes, a clamp uniting the overlapping portions of the braces, means connecting the clamp with a third leg, and pivoted braces car- 'ried by the third of said legs engaging said opposed connected legs.

2. An end support for hammocks comprising a plurality of legs hinged together at one end and arranged when folded to lie contiguous to and parallel with each other, opposed of said legs connected by hinged, pivotallyconnected adjustable braces, pivoted braces carried by a third of said legs engaging said opposed connected legs, a screw and a clampnut uniting said adjustable braces, and hammock-sustaining means carried by the said clamp-nut.

3. An end support for hammocks comprising a plurality of legs hinged together at one end and arranged when folded to lie contiguous to and parallel with each other, opposed of said legs connected by hinged, pivotallyconnected adjustable braces, a bolt passing through overlapping portions of the braces and a nut securing said bolt, pivoted braces carried by a third of said legs engaging said opposed connected legs, hammock sustaining means carried by the said clamp-nut, and a supporting connection between the third leg and said hammock-sustaining means.

4:. An end support for hammocks comprising a tripod, a clamp to which the legs of said tripod are hinged, braces connecting said legs, hammock-sustaining means carried by the braces between two of said legs and brace means connecting the third leg and said hammock-sustaining means.

5. An end support for hammocks'comprising a ridge-pole, a tripod, a clamping-sleeve to which the legs of the tripod are hinged said sleeve adjustably secured to the ridge-pole, foldable braces connecting two opposite legs of the tripod, hainmock-supporting means carried by the braces, and a brace between the foldable braces and the third leg of the tripod.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses."

WILLIAM VIN GENT. itnessesz F. WV. BLODGETT, NINA R. CAMERON. 

